Dispatched To Get The Servant and the Horses

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John Aaron Rawlins (1831-1869) was a general officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a cabinet officer in the Grant administration. A longtime confidant of Ulysses S. Grant, Rawlins served on Grant's staff throughout the war, rising to the rank of brevet major general, and was Grant's chief defender against allegations of insobriety. He was appointed Secretary of War when Grant was elected President of the United States. Document Signed "Jno A Rawlingson printed Headquarters Department of the Tennessee, datelined Vicksburg, September 19, 1863, Special orders 257. In part "Major Rowley, Provost marshal General will proceed by the first steamer to Columbus ... and return as soon as such business shall have been transacted, bringing servant and horses."

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